Visibility concepts and measurement techniques for aviation purposes

Details

• Creators:
  Schappert, G. T.
• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Visibility
  • Airport runways
  • Measurement
  • Model atmosphere
  • Visibility
  • Runway Visual Range
  • Atmospheric transmission
  • LIDAR
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT-TSC-FAA-71-25
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Final report
• Corporate Publisher:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Abstract:
  This is the final report #1 of the Visibility Measuring Devices project, PPA-FA-15-Q, carried out for the Federal Aviation Administration at the Transportation Systems Center, both under the Department of Transportation. The report reviews present techniques for measuring ; atmospheric transmittance and its conversion to runway visual range. The response of the pilot to visual cues used in determining the visibility is discussed as a function of his cockpit environment. The lights, utilized by the FAA as targets for visibility determinations are ; discussed and used in the computations. New techniques for visibility measurements and new ; concepts and definitions are discussed and analyzed. The emphasis is on techniques for measuring slant visual range by means of optical remote sensing devices. Various problems ; relating to atmospheric modeling.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  R1043
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/9055/dot_9055_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.88 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:93bc4ecb6a3a1431d1805e0547b8d89325664decafe4166511ebfdb2ba3d0807b1cc5adaa78ad5ce2a89dcae81fbbae52c178684cba43abf14e00f62c38907ed